Good afternoon. Here’s a glance at opinion content published today in The Journal News: Supercommittee failure: Editorial We comment on the failure of the bipartisan congressional supercommittee charged with sorting out a solution to reduce the federal deficit. The group, which included equal numbers of Democrats and Republicans, failed to… Read More →

Good Wednesday morning. Here’s a a glance at today’s opinion content: Tappan Zee Bridge: Editorial We comment on news that President Barack Obama has fast-tracked a replacement for the aging Tappan Zee Bridge. We write: Fast-tracking the elaborate permit process for a new Tappan Zee Bridge is just one of… Read More →

Good Monday morning. Here’s a look at opinion content published over the weekend: Saturday, Oct. 8 Occupy Wall Street and ’99 percenters’: Commentary Christopher Ketcham, uthor of “The Rein of the One Percenters: Income Equality and the Death of Culture in New York City” in the current issue of Orion… Read More →

Good morning. Here’s a look at opinion content published today in The Journal News: Mandate relief: Editorial We comment on news that Bedford town officials voted to create a local law to override the 2-percent property tax cap. We encourage Gov. Andrew Cuomo to get serious about mandate relief. We… Read More →

Here’s a look at opinion content published over the weekend in The Journal News: Saturday, Sept. 24 Troy Davis: Commentary Alice T. Crowe, a Nyack attorney and playwright, offers a Community View on Troy Davis, the African-American man put to death last week in Georgia for the 1989 murder of… Read More →

Here’s a glance at opinion content published today in The Journal News: Obama on jobs, deficit: Editorial We comment on President Barack Obama’s American Jobs Act proposal, which he advanced in a Sept. 8 address to Congress, and his Monday announcement on plans to reduce the federal deficit. We write:… Read More →

Here are a pair of polls related to President Barack Obama’s recent proposals on jobs and deficit reduction: How do you rate Obama’s American Jobs Act proposal, which includes an extension of the payroll tax cut, tax cuts for small businesses, an extension of unemployment benefits and investment in infrastructure… Read More →

Good morning. Here’s a glance at opinion content published today: Ramapo stadium: Editorial We comment on news that a draft audit conducted by state Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli found that the town of Ramapo inappropriately financed the construction of Provident Bank Park, the stadium that plays host to the Rockland… Read More →

Good Wednesday afternoon. Here’s a look at today’s opinion content: Poverty: Editorial We comment on news that poverty levels have reached their highest mark in 52 years. We write: … A day after the Republican candidates for president spent another televised debate singing the praises of a regulate-little, invest-less, cut-even-more… Read More →

Good Monday morning. Here’s a glance at opinion content published over the holiday weekend: Sunday, Sept. 4 Obama and the economy: Editorial We comment on President Barack Obama’s proposal to curb the nation’s employment woes; he’ll outline those plans in a Thursday address to Congress. We write: … According to… Read More →